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In Suriname, an endless refrain: boom, bust, and Bouterse
Recent street protests in Suriname haven’t made many international headlines. Only newspapers in nei...
Why we love (and fear) mummies
Somewhere in Iraq, the tomb raider Nick Morton (a never-ageing Tom Cruise) flies over the desert. Th...
70 years on, Primo Levi’s If This is A Man is still a powerful reminder of what it means to be human
When he was captured by the Fascist militia in December of 1943, Primo Levi (1919-1987) preferred to...
Can Caribbean cricket get its (political) groove back?
Caribbean cricket fans were dismayed in early June when, for the first time since the ICC Champions...
Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island
The death toll of Bangladesh’s brutal monsoon season keeps growing. Authorities estimate that floodi...
Potential of AI to Improve Cancer Care is Growing Rapidly
Potential of AI to Improve Cancer Care is Growing RapidlyNovember 20, 20232:30 PM CSTLisa Marie Plat...
From New York to Romania, restoration ecology is helping nature heal (and maybe humanity, too)
New York City’s Bronx River used to be an open sewer, more useful for carrying industrial waste than...
A bank heist in Paraguay’s ‘wild, wild west’ reveals the dark underbelly of free trade
It was as brazen as it was spectacular: on April 24 2017, a commando team of bank robbers assaulted...
Why we need an international freedom movement
France’s election of a centrist pro-Europe president has offered us all some respite, but, in many r...
Saudi rift with Qatar exposes growing division in the anti
This is the worst diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region in decades. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, United A...